Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity by State 2008 (Where does your state rank?)

Kauffman Foundation ^ | April 2009 | Robert W. Fairlie

[Recovering_Democrat]

Top 10 for entrepreneurs:

#10: Arkansas

#9: Utah

#8: New York

#7: Colorado

#6: California

#5: Alaska

#4: Arizona

#3: Montana

#2: New Mexico

#1: Georgia

...AND THE WORST 10....

10th Worst: Minnesota

9th Worst: Alabama

8th Worst: Virginia

7th Worst: Delaware

6th Worst: Ohio

5th Worst: Iowa

4th Worst: West Virginia

3rd Worst: Wisconsin

2nd Worst: Missouri

WORST: Pennsylvania

[Recovering_Democrat]

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Being from Georgia, I can say I am not the least bit surprised it was #1.

Lotta great schools and gung ho attitudes.

[The Good Doctor]

"Being from Georgia, I can say I am not the least bit surprised it was #1. Lotta great schools and gung ho attitudes."

Being from Pennsylvania, I can say I am not the least bit surprised it was #50.

Heavily unionized, aged population, low medicare reimbursements, high malpractice. It's a liberal's dream.

[oblomov]

No, not best and worst...most active and least active.

[combat_boots]

Of the 10 worst, except Alabama, all dem.

Do unemployment stats match?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Thanks for the clarification. :) I should’ve been more careful.

RD

[Recovering_Democrat]

Missouri (barely) went McCain, too.

[Straight Vermonter]

Vermont is relatively high on the list. It’s a little deceptive because it takes chains like Walmart, McDonalds, etc more than a decade (no exaggeration) to get permission to open a store here.

[oblomov]

Best undoubtedly correlates with “most active”. OTOH, despite onerous regulation and taxes, CA is still near the top of the list because of availability of capital. Also, the (legal) immigrants there are probably more enterprising than the typical native-born American.